Share Your Story- Viki & Dominic Leo, Rainbow and Star
My name is Viki, I’m 33 years old & live in Burnley, Lancashire with my partner Dan & our British blue cat Brucey. We’ve been together for over 9 years & wanted a baby for 6 years! I found out I was expecting in late 2014 & had the perfect pregnancy throughout. I gave birth […]
Share Your Story- Caroline & Maisie
From a very young age, I had longed to be a Mummy. I dreamt of the dresses my daughter would wear along with the farmer’s cap my son would wear and even though it took me until I was 24 to meet my soulmate, my dream of becoming a Mummy never died. Gavin and […]
Share Your Story- Elaynne
My whole life was focused on studying and working on a career. I was sure I didn’t want any kids. I never saw myself as a mother, and never felt the need to raise a family. Everything changed when I met Ross. I was 41 years old, and falling in love with him totally (and […]
Share Your Story- Hailee and Taytum
I was supposed to meet my firstborn daughter, Taytum, last year in November. It was a picture-perfect pregnancy, no morning sickness, not too many aches and pains, I was so excited. One day I noticed a rash had formed on my right leg only and at my appointment, I brought it up, the doctor had […]
Share Your Story- Kelly and Alex
September 2017 we found out we were pregnant with you, it was a bit of a shock, but not a bad one! We were over the moon! I gave up coffee, cigarettes, and alcohol, and anything that might have made you poorly. The day before we found out mummy had you in her tummy, we […]
Share Your Story- Carly & Noah
December 2013 was our 12-week scan. After a few minutes, the sonographer looked concerned. “I’ll refer you to a consultant,” she said, continuing to tell us that something didn’t look right with the baby’s bladder. I vividly remember her putting her hand on my arm and saying “Don’t worry Carly, it’ll be okay”. Our baby […]
Share Your Story- Zarah and Harper-Rose
I was 20 weeks and went for my scan. I was so excited just like any mum when I was told that there didn’t appear to be much fluid around my baby and that I needed to have checks to see if my waters had broken. They hadn’t and I was told I would need […]
Share Your Story- Amy and Maddison
I still remember that day like it was yesterday and probably always will. We were on our way to our 20 Week anatomy scan. Elliott and I were so excited to get to see our baby girl again, a few days beforehand we had bought a pram for her and we had nearly finished off […]
Share Your Story- Kirsty and Jellybean
I discovered we were pregnant mid December 2015 and we were both ecstatic. I quickly realised something was wrong as I was bleeding and spotting and had really bad pain but was told there was nothing wrong and the doctors refused to scan me. I visited the doctor a few times who told me I […]
Share Your Story – Christy and Shay
After a happy, healthy pregnancy my beautiful little prince Shay Shepherd was born in the birthing pool at Burnley General on the 18th of February 2016. 7lb 3oz of pure perfection, I’ve never felt love like when I looked into his eyes, it was the best day of my life. Later that day I took […]